Display attachment for containers



July 28, 1925.

w. L. DIEHL DISPLAY ATTACHMENT FOR CONTAINERS 1 Filed Jui 15. 1924Patented July 28, 1925.

WEBSTER L. DIEHL, OF KING CITY, MISSOURI.

DISPLAY ATTACHMENT FOB CONTAINERS.

Application filed July 15, 1924. Serial No. 726,117.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VEBsTnn L. DIEHL, a citizen of the United States,residing at King City, in the county of Gentry and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Attachmentsfor Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has more especial reference to a display attachment to behingedly connected to a box or container and embodying two connectedmembers one of which constitutes a transparent cover or lid for the boxor container, through which the contents are displayed while protectedagainst atmospheric influences, and the other of which members providesa framing ade quate to carry and display, an effective advertisingdevice relating, for example, to the articles contained in and to bevended from the box or container,cigars, for instance.

The ultimate purpose accomplished by the present invention is theprovision of an attachment of the type stated which will becharacterized severally by its strength and durability; by the facilityit affords for a hinged'connection with the box or container includingthe freedom with which it may be applied or removed without any loss oftime in its application or removal; and also by the facility it afiordsfor an effective and attractive display of advertising matter relatingto the goods displayed by and vended from the box.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating certain preferred embodimentsof the invention, and in which drawings similar letters of referencedenote corresponding parts in the several views i Fig. 1 is aperspective View of a'container having my improved attachment applied tothe hinged lid thereof, showing in full lines the position of the partswhen the box is closed by the supplemental cover and in dotted outlinesthe position of the parts when the supplemental cover is partiallyraised but sufficiently to give, access to the interior of thecontainer.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the box lid and the attachment andthe upper part of the container.

Figs. 3 and 4: are perspective views of the attachment without thecontainer, showing slightly different embodiments of the invention.

I have illustrated and will hereinafter debe understood that theattachment may be applied to containers whose lids are not hinged andare entirely removed when the attachment is in use on the container,merely by providing the attachment with a suitable means to connect ithingedly to the body of the container or by providing the container witha suitable means to attach the attachment hingedly thereto, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as defined by appendedclaims.

A designates which may be of any ordinary or approved size andconstruction and A designates the hinged lid thereof.

The attachment which constitutes the present invention comprises twoframes, marked C and D, respectively, rigidly secured together at asuitable angle with each other by a transverse member E.

the body of a container The frame C carries a transparent member F,preferably of plate glass, which serves as the cover for the box whenthe attachment is applied, and comprises side members 0 and a frontmember 0 arranged to form a frame which is closed at its sides and frontand open at its rear. Each of these memhers is of channel form in crosssection, each comprising upper flanges 10 and lower flanges 11 spacedfrom each other to receive an edge of the supplemental cover F betweenthem.- This cover member F is inserted into the frame C through the openrear side of the latter and is slid to its operative position in theframe, with its forward edge in the channel of the front member and itsside edges in the channels of the side members of the frame. It is notnecessary that it be secured in place by putty or any means other thanthe frame itself.

The frame D comprises two longitudinal members (1 and a suitabletransverse member. Each longitudinal member is of channel form in crosssection, comprising forward flanges 12 and rear flanges 13. Thetransverse member may be of similar channeled form, as shown in Figs. 1,2 and 3, in which it is marked cl, or it may be a fiat bar or'strip asshownat (Z in Fig. l.

When ofchannel form, it is mounted at the top of the frame and connectsthe upper extremities of the side members (5 with each other, and whenof the form shown at al it may be mounted at any --suitable place alongthe length of the frame, but preferably near the top thereof, and issecured at its opposite ends to the surfaces of the flanges 13 of theside members (Z (Z. The construction first described provides a framewhich is closed along its sides and top and open along its bottom: whilethe other con struction (Fig. 4) provides a frame which is closed alongits sides and open at its top and bottom. In both forms, the transversemembers ((Z, al acts as a brace which holds the side members in properrelative position and adds rigidity to the frame.

The member E hereinbefore referred to is of suitable angular form incross section, comprising two webs or limbs 14 and 15. The web or limb14 is secured at its opposite ends to the upper flanges 10 of the sidemembers 0 0 of the frame C; while the web or limb 15 is secured at itsopposite ends to the front faces 12 of the side members 01 d of theframe D. This member acts as a brace for the rear end of the frame C andlower end of the frame D and secures the two frames together into aunitary structure. It will be noted that it is mounted above the frame Cand at the front of the frame I) and hence does not interfere with thefree insertion of the supplemental cove-r F into the frame C or itsremoval from said frame, or interfere with the application of the memberD to or its removal from the lid A, or the free insertion or removal ofthe other elements which are to be mounted in said member D.

These other elements preferably include a card G containing appropriatematter of advertising or other nature and a transparent plate H mountedin front of and protecting the card G as well as increasing theattractiveness of the display of said matter and giving strength andrigidity to the lid It will be understood that the parts are assembledby inserting the plate F into the frame C from the rear end of thelatter and that the plate H is inserted into the frame D from the bottomof the latter, there being no obstruction to the free entry of theplates into the respective frames at the place where these two ends ofthe frame meet each other. lVhen the parts of the attachment have beenassembled the plate H rests with its bottom edge on the rear end of theplate F.

The attachment may then be quickly applied to the lid A by inserting thelower end of its frame upon the lid at the upper corners of the latterand then pressing it to its place lengthwise of the lid, with its lowerend at the bottom of the lid. When thus applied, the frame F will be solocated that when the lid is in the raised position shown thesupplemental cover will rest upon the body of the box and close the sameagainst atmosphere influences while displaying the contents thereof; andthe frame D will stand in a substantially upright position with the lidA, with the advertising matter on the card G attractively displayedthrough and protected by the plate H. It will be apparent that theattachment may be swung to open and close the boX and that its swingingmovement is with the lid and about the axis of the hinge or hinges whichconnect the lid to the body of the boX.

It will be noticed that the frame D has long bearings upon the lid A andtogether with the transverse members E and d, or (Z give stiffness tothe lid: and further that the plate H which is co-extensive with the lidprotects the latter against all liability of breakage under any strainimposed thereon in opening and closing the supplemental cover. In fact,it will be noticed that without this plate H. the weight of the parts ofthe attachment in opening and closing the box is so distributed byreason of the length of the frame D and its engagement with the lid thatthere is slight liability of breakage of the lid, even when the latteris made of flimsy material as is usual in the case of cigar boxes, andmoreover, it will be noticed that the length of the frame D affords opportunity for a very attractive and effec tive card of advertising orother nature, which, of course, may be changed as is necessary ordesirable. It will, of course, be apparent that the display card may beomitted and the transparent member H used to expose the label, if therebe one, on the lid and it will also be apparent that the display cardmay be used without said transparent member and further that both thetransparent member referred to and the display card may be omitted; butI greatly prefer to use the transparent member, whet-her the displaycard is used or not, in part because of the additional strength whichsaid member imparts to the lid. Finally, I would have it understood asalready suggested that if the container to which the attachment isapplied be one unprovided with a hinged lid, the attachment may beapplied to the container by any suitable means of a pivotal o 1 nature,preferably connected to its member E and being of a kind which permitsready application and removal of the attachment.

I will have it understood that other changes in details may be madewithout departingfrom the spirit of the inventlon as defined by appendedclaims.

Having thus described the inventlon, what I be ieve to be new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An attachment for a container having a hinged lid, comprising twoframes ar-' ranged at an angle with each other and a member rigidlyconnecting said frames to each other to form a unitary structure, one ofsaid frames being adapted to be mounted on the lid of the container andthe other containing a member through which the goods in the containerare displayed.

2. An attachment for a container, comprising two frames arranged at anangle with each other and a member rigidly conmeeting said frames toeach other to form a unitary structure, each of said frames having sidemembers formed with longitudinal channels, and a transparent covermember having its edges in the channels of the side members of one ofthe frames.

3. An attachment for a container comprising two frames arranged at anangle with each other and a member rigidly connecting said frames to cah other to form a unitary structure, each of said frames having sidemembers formed with longitudinal channels, and a transparent covermember having its edges in the channels of the side members of the oneof the frames, the latter frame also having a transverse member whichcloses its front, end and is channeled to receive the front edge of saidmember, and being open at its rear end to permit the insertion thereof.

4. An attachment for a container having a hinged lid, con'iprising twoseparate frame. arranged at an angle with each other and a transversemember rigidly connecting said frames to each other at the junctionthereof, one of said frames being adapted to be mounted on the lid ofthe container and comprising side members and a transverse.

member which connects the side members with each other at a placesubstantially above the bottom of the frame, and a transparent membercarried by the other frame and through which the goods in the containerare displayed.

5. An attachment for a container, comprising two separate framesarranged at an angle with each other and a transverse member rigidlyconnecting said frames to each other at the junction thereof, one ofsaid frames comprising site members having longitudinal channels and atransverse memher which braces the upper part of the frame, and theother frame also having longitudinally channeledside members, and atranspar-fnt cover member carried by the side members of the latterframe with its edges in the channels thereof.

6. An attachment for a container, comprising two separate frame-sarranged in juxtaposition with each other in an angular relation andeach having longitudinal channels open at their adjacent portions of theframes, a of the attachment at the junction of said member arrangedacross the front frames and rigidly connecting the frames to each otherwithout closing the open ends thereof, one of said frames having atransparent member through which the goods in the container aredisplayed.

7. An attachment for a container having a hinged lid, comprising a framehaving a transparent member through which the goods in the container aredisplayed, a second frame having longitudinally channeled side membersto receive the lateral edges of the lid, and a member rigidly connectingthe two frames to each other.

8. An attachment for a container, comprising a frame having atransparent memher through which the goods in the cont-ainer aredisplayed, a second frame having longitudinally channeled side members,a member extending across the attachment at the junction of the twoframes and rigidly connecting the same together and a second transversemember entending across the second fran'ie above the bottom thereof.

9. An attachment for a container, comprising a frame having atransparent member through which the goods in the container aredisplayed, a second frame havinglongitudinally channeled side members, amember extending across the attachment at the junction of the two framesand rigidly connect-- ing the same together, and a transparent membermounted in the second frame with its edges in said channels.

10. An attachment for a container, comprising a frame having atransparent mem her through which the goods in the container aredisplayed, a second frame having longitudinally channeled side members,a member extending across the attachment at the junction of the twoframes and rigidly connecting the same together, and a display cardmounted in the second frame with its edges insaid channels.

11. An attachment for a container, comprising a frame having a.transparent member through which the goods in the containor aredisplayed, a second frame, having longitudinally channeled side members,and a. member extending across the attachment at the junction of the twoframes and rigidly conn-ecting the same together, a display card and atransparent member covering said card, the card and transparent membermounted in the second frame with their edges in the. channels thereof.

12. An attachment for a container, comprising a frame having atransparent memher through which the goods in the container aredisplayed, a second frame, having longitudinally channeled side members,and a'member extending across the attachment t the'junction of the twoframes and rigy connecting the same together, a second transverse memberextending across the second frame above the bottom thereof, and

a transparent member mounted in the second frame with its edges in saidchannels.

13. An attachment for a container, comprising a frame having atransparent member through which the goods in the container aredisplayed, a second frame having longitudinally channeled side members,a member extending across the attachment at the junction of the twoframes and rigidly connecting the same together, a second transversemember extending across the second frame above the bottom thereof and adisplay card mounted in the second frame, with its edges in saidchannels.

14:. An attachment for a container, comprising a frame having atransparent member through which the goods in the container aredisplayed, a second frame having 1ongitudinally channeled side members,a. member extending across the attachment at the junction of the twoframes and rigidly con necting the same together, a second transversemember extending across the second frame from above the bottom thereof,a display card and a. transparent member covering said card, the cardand transparent member being mounted in the second frame with theiredges in said channels.

15. A hingeable display attachment for containers, comprising two framesarranged at an angle with each other and a member rigidly connectingsaid frames to each other to form a unitary structure, one of saidframes containing a transparent member through which the goods in thecontainer are displayed and the other being adapted to frame displaymatter.

16. A hingeable display attachment for containers, comprising twoseparate frames, each open at one end, and a. transverse member havinglimbs secured to said frames respectively and uniting the same into aunitary structure, one of said frames containing a transparent memberthrough which the goods in the container are displayed and the otherbeing adapted to frame display matter.

17. A hingeable display attachment for containers, comprising twoseparate frames, each open at one end, and a transverse member havinglimbs secured to said frames respectively and uniting the same into aunitary structure, each of said frames containing a transparent memberthrough which the goods in the container and display matter,respectively, are displayed.

in testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

VEBSTER L. DIEHL.

